Bawer Aksal, 48, is accused of slipping his hands into the shorts of a woman sitting next to him on an Aug. 20 flight from Phoenix to Newark, court papers say. As she awoke, prosecutors say Aksal whispered “kiss me.”

The woman was left with a ripped blouse and broken bra around her waist, prosecutors say.

The victim took the stand this morning and identified the ripped blouse and broken bra from the incident, and showed them to the jury. The woman said the underwire of the strapless bra was broken during the incident.

Aksal has pleaded not guilty and said that he didn’t harm the woman. If convicted, Aksal could face up to life in prison.

Authorities have said that Aksal was seated next to a woman on United Airlines Flight 306 from Phoenix to Newark and the woman -- who did not know Aksal -- fell asleep with a jacket across her legs.

She told authorities that when she woke up, Aksal’s hands were inside her shirt and shorts -- touching her private areas. The woman immediately told a flight crew member what had happened, the complaint said. Aksal admitted to, among other things, touching the woman in a sexual manner, but he claimed she forced his hand into her crotch, according to the complaint.

The trial stopped around 11:30 for lunch and was expected to start up again early this afternoon